Ticket holder



March 2 1926.

E. BERNIER TICKET HOLDER Filed Jan. 24, 1924 Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST BERNIER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFVTO JEAN B.r i

GHABETTE, QF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. i

TICKET HOLDER;

VApplication filed January 24, 1925.

Y all w71 om t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ERNEST BERNIER, a former subject of the King ofEngland, and who have declared my intention of be- 5 coming a citizen ofthe United States, and who is residing in Detroit, in the county ofVayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvementin a Ticket Helder, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a ticket helder,adapted for containing tickets which are issued in large numbers andused separately, such as singleride tickets for use on street cars andthe like.

An object of the invention is to provide a ticket holder` of this class,adapted for containing a number of tickets, and pro-- vided with amechanism forl feeding the tickets therefrom, at `the will of theoperator, singly.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a ticket holderhaving a casing provided with spring operated mechanism for retainingthe ltickets in a position adapted for engaging the removing members.

Another object ofthe invention is the provision of a ticket holder ofthis class, so constructed and arranged as to be easily filled withtickets.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination `and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood from a reference to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificatien, and inwhich Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the invention, showing a ticketprojected therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, central, vertical, sectional view of theinvention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on substantially line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4i is a side elevational view of the feeding mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the feeding mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a section view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 3. y j

The invention in its preferred l form, com rises a box-like housinOA 9,having note es 10 and 10 formed in the side walls,

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adjacent one end thereof. A cover 11 is provided, which has dependinglugs 12 and 12, at opposite sides, pivetally connected to the feedingwalls of the housing 9. The

structure is such that the ycover 11 may be ce raised inte verticalposition, relatively to the box 9, the end edge of the cover 11projecting downwardly into the notches 10 andv 10. This arrangementpermits the mounting of the cover 11 on the housing 9 65 within themarginal limits of the housing, so that no projections extending vfromthe end walls of the housing are necessary. It will also be noted thatthe cover 11 is slightly shorter than the housing 9, so that an openspace is present extending across the housing 9 adjacent the end fromwhich the tickets 30 are projected. This permits an inspection of thecontents of the housing without opening the cover 11 and without 75necessitating the projection of the tickets" 30 from the housing. Italso affords means of raising the ticket 30 so as to clear the end wall81 of the housing 9, should the follower described herein fail for any80 reason to function properly. One end of the cover 11 is providedwith'a depending tongue 13, which is adapted to engage against one ofthe end walls, so as te retain the cover in closing position. Formed inthe cover 1l is a slot 14, through which projects a stem 15 having ahead 16 formed thereon, and angularly turned transversely to the slet14:. This stem and head are punchedout of a feeding member 17, which isprovided, at one end, with an angularly turned edge 18, having acomparatively sharp edge. `Gruide members 19 and 20 are formed adjacentthe edges thereof, extending longitudinally thereof. As shown in thedrawings, the guide members are triangularly shaped and taper to oneend.

`Mounted in thebox portion 9 is a spring Amember formed from a singlestrip having upstanding ears 21 and 22 formed adjacent 100 the end of astem portion 23. Tongues 24 and 25 are punched out of the main body ofthe spring positioned in the box 9 and curved upwardly, as shown in Fig.2.4 A tongue 26 is punched out of the opposite 105 end of the spring,centrally thereof, and curved upwardly. A feeding plate .27 is provided,having one end tapered, as shown in Fig. 3. The opposite end is providedwith a tongue 28, which engages kbetween the tongues 21and22. Thismember' is also provided with tongues 29 and 29, which engage, atopposite sides of the tongues 21 and 22',` the tongues 21 and 22 beingangularly bent over the tongues 29 and 29, sov as to retain the feedingplate in operative position. When the feeding plate is assembled in theboX, it is pressed downwardly toward the bottom thereof, so as to permitthe folding of the tongues 21 and 22 `into positionv forA retaining theplate in operative position inthe box.. 1n order to p'ress this feedingplate downwardly, toward theV bottom of the boX,-the spring tongues 24,25, and 26 are pressed 'downwardly toward the bottom of the box, so thatthe feeding plate, when the tongues 2l` and 22 are angularly turned, isheld in close engagement with the angularly turned portions o'fthetongues 21 and 22,

against the tension of the spring tongues already mentioned.

As shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the feeding plate 2-7 projectssubstantially to the end of the box in which the notches 10 and l0 areformed, so that the feeding plate may be said to project acrosssaidnotches.

A's shown in Figs. 1I and 2, the head 16 is thrust throughv the slot 14and then angularly turned.- on the stem 15, so as to prevent the removalof the plate 17` from the cover.

When the tickets 30 are placed in the box, the feeding plate 27yis-pressed downwardly, against the tension of the spring tongues.Thecoveris then elosed and a lslidable movement of th'e plate 17 willserve to bring the angula'rly turned edge 181' into engagement with theend edge of one of the tickets 30. A movement7 tow-ard the oppositev endof the slot of the. head 16 will then cause the ticket 30to be projectedfromI the box 9, they upper edge of the end wall 31' being positionedslightly below the under surface of the cover 1l, when the cover is inclosed position, so as to provide a narrow space or slit through whichIthe ticket 30 may be projected. Un account of the spring tension on thefeeding plate 27, the tickets are always retained in closeengagementwith the plate 17 and a formation of the angularly turnedportion 18 of a height substantially the saine as the thickness oftheticket to be used in the device, assures aildelivery of a single ticketthroughy the slit upon a movement of the head 16, yas described.

W'hile lhave illustrated and described the preferred form Vof structure,l do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth, butdesire to avail` myself of such variations and modiiications as comewithinV the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

Af ticket holder of the class described, comprising a compartmentadapted for the reception ofi a plurality of tickets; side wallson saidcompartment, the opposite side wallseachfhaving a slot formed therein; acover swingably mounted on-sai'd side walls and adapted for engaging atits lower edge in said slots upon movement to open position, said coverbeing. slightly shorter than said compartment the space extendingbetweensaid. slots being open; a spring held follower mounted in' saidcompartment and adapted for normally retaining tickets placed therein inclose engagement with said cover; and slidable means mounted on saidcoverA for projecting said tickets from said compartment individually atthe end bearing said slots.

Intestimony whereof, I have signed the foregoing specification ERNESTBERNIER..

